### [2021-08-12](/feed/2021/08/12/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Canberra enters snap one-week lockdown after the first case of COVID-19 for more than a year were reported in a man in his 20s in Gungahlin who taught to be infectious in community since Sunday. 




### Sources:

1. [The Australian](https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/canberra-expected-to-enter-a-lockdown-due-to-a-case-of-covid19-in-act/news-story/f59ccdea9eb84081f741d0012612832f)

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